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Tenny Wright

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King of the UnderworldKing of the Underworld · 1939
King of the Underworld
★ 6.41939
MovieRomanceCrime
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
The MiracleThe Miracle · 1959
The Miracle
★ 6.71959
MovieDrama
A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.
The Telegraph TrailThe Telegraph Trail · 1933
The Telegraph Trail
★ 4.71933
MovieActionWestern
A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory.
The Big StampedeThe Big Stampede · 1932
The Big Stampede
★ 5.11932
MovieWestern
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
Run, Girl, RunRun, Girl, Run · 1928
Run, Girl, Run
★ 6.51928
MovieComedy
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
The Flying MarineThe Flying Marine · 1929
The Flying Marine
★ 8.01929
MovieActionAdventure
Released in both a silent and a sound version: Mitch Moran, a veteran WWI pilot and now a commercial pilot, takes his young irresponsible brother, Steve, under his guidance. Steve heeds little of what Mitch is selling but does find time to steal Mitch's sweetheart Sally.
The Lone Wolf's DaughterThe Lone Wolf's Daughter · 1929
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
★ 10.01929
MovieCrimeMystery
Michael Lanyard, a reformed cracks-man, adopts Adrienne, the daughter of an old friend, and goes to Southampton to attend a party celebrating her engagement to Bobby Crenshaw, the son of a wealthy society couple. The Count and Countess Polinac, international jewel thieves, also attend the party, and Count Polinac forces Lanyard to open the safe containing the jewelry of the guests by threatening to expose Lanyard's criminal past. Lanyard forestalls the count, however, and protects the valuables. The count and countess are arrested, and Michael's secret is kept safe.
The Younger GenerationThe Younger Generation · 1929
The Younger Generation
★ 6.91929
MovieDrama
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.

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The FakerThe Faker · 1929
The Faker
★ 8.01929
MovieDramaComedy
Rita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull and astonish the rubes, gets work as private secretary to John Clayton, a wealthy man who has just disinherited his worthless son, Frank, and left his entire fortune to his upright stepson, Bob Williams. At Frank's request, the spiritualist later performs for the elder Clayton a seance during which Rita impersonates the late Mrs. Clayton and arranges for a reconciliation between Frank and his father. Rita falls in love with Bob, however, and, in order to protect Bob's interests against Frank's, exposes the spiritualist as a faker. Frank is disgraced in his father's eyes, and Bob quickly forgives Rita for her past complicity in Frank's schemes.

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